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So much and so little
Feb. 7th, 2020 06:52 amWork is gradually starting to pick up. I seem to be working my way into getting the reputation one of my former team members had, of the uber-picky grammarian who will catch all the errors in a document. But having plenty of time means, well, I have plenty of time to be that picky. And I'm not about to let a document go outside the agency with punctuation missing. :P
There is, after all, a reason why we say that OGC (Office of the General Counsel) actually stands for "Office of Grammar Correction".
I have been fascinated this last week by the changes in my credit scores, as offered by my various banking institutions, as the changes in score calculation go into effect. Some have still been in the approximate range that they were before, and some went up pretty dramatically. I'm not complaining, mind you, but it was an interesting look into how the new calculations hit my particular finances. And perhaps good news if the husband and I start looking at new housing this year, which we may do (he's been on a tear of late, with lots of listings getting texted to me).
In the meantime, Brene Brown managed to read me completely in one of her recent books, Dare to Lead. I had picked it up after some news article about it, and started it back when I was still supervising, and recently re-started it to get rid of the kindle guilt (that little percentage without the "read" marker on the cover). Which is not to say it's not a good book, just that other things had caught my eye. Anyway, she was talking about when she wasn't taking care of herself and 'living her values', how she would get resentful of pretty much everything that was going on in her life at that moment, and it was like a freakin' lightbulb went off, because that's exactly where my brain goes when I'm stressed. Read that over lunch earlier this week, and the rest of the afternoon was kind of mind-blown as I thought about it. Haven't read her other work, but I'm liking this one, so I may check out some of the rest. After I finish this one.
Had one of those awkward moments where I got on the elevator with three of the senior leaders of the new agency, including the nominee to be the new head of the agency, while leaving work yesterday. They were already talking, so I did a nod and hello, and left them to it. Then someone else in leadership got on (it's a long elevator ride), and she said more, re-introduced herself to the folks, and then introduced me to them. Whee! Not quite as awkward as running into the head of my last agency, who always had a security detail, but hey.
Quiet weekend planned, as the husband is out of town.
There is, after all, a reason why we say that OGC (Office of the General Counsel) actually stands for "Office of Grammar Correction".
I have been fascinated this last week by the changes in my credit scores, as offered by my various banking institutions, as the changes in score calculation go into effect. Some have still been in the approximate range that they were before, and some went up pretty dramatically. I'm not complaining, mind you, but it was an interesting look into how the new calculations hit my particular finances. And perhaps good news if the husband and I start looking at new housing this year, which we may do (he's been on a tear of late, with lots of listings getting texted to me).
In the meantime, Brene Brown managed to read me completely in one of her recent books, Dare to Lead. I had picked it up after some news article about it, and started it back when I was still supervising, and recently re-started it to get rid of the kindle guilt (that little percentage without the "read" marker on the cover). Which is not to say it's not a good book, just that other things had caught my eye. Anyway, she was talking about when she wasn't taking care of herself and 'living her values', how she would get resentful of pretty much everything that was going on in her life at that moment, and it was like a freakin' lightbulb went off, because that's exactly where my brain goes when I'm stressed. Read that over lunch earlier this week, and the rest of the afternoon was kind of mind-blown as I thought about it. Haven't read her other work, but I'm liking this one, so I may check out some of the rest. After I finish this one.
Had one of those awkward moments where I got on the elevator with three of the senior leaders of the new agency, including the nominee to be the new head of the agency, while leaving work yesterday. They were already talking, so I did a nod and hello, and left them to it. Then someone else in leadership got on (it's a long elevator ride), and she said more, re-introduced herself to the folks, and then introduced me to them. Whee! Not quite as awkward as running into the head of my last agency, who always had a security detail, but hey.
Quiet weekend planned, as the husband is out of town.
